UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17527
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:16Z
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-17T16:53:35Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

** DISPUTED ** delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas in PasDoc 0.14 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. NOTE: a software maintainer has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / pasdoc

Package

Name
pasdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pasdoc@0.15.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.15.0-1

Affected versions

0.*
0.14.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "pasdoc",
            "binary_version": "0.15.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527.json"